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JOHN W. LATCHER OF ALBANY, AND JOHN YOUNG, OF AMSTERDAM, ASSIGNORS TO 'JOHN` YOUNG, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent-No. 61,012, dated January 8, 1867.

IMPROVED WBINGING-MAGHAINE.

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TO ALL WHOMl IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that iva-JOHN W. LATCHER, of Albany, in the county of Albany, and Sta-te of New York, and JOHN YOUNG, of Amsterdam, inthecounty of Montgomery, and State aforesaid, have invented a new and useful Improvement iu WringingMachnesg and we do hereby vdeclare that the following isal full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part-oi' this specification, in which-' Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a wringing-machine, e conical holes formed through thein to receive the shafts; and

Figure 2 is a side view of the variable bearing for the journals of the conical gears.

The object of this invention is 'to form and control gears applied on shafts of clothes-wringers so as tov admit of the elevation and depression of the upper roller or rollers fromv and to the lower one by having the holes through the gears made conical Iand large enough at the contracted end to receive the shaft; a slat also is formed in the contracted end of, the gear to stride a pin driven into thershaft at the proper place, near the standai'ds of the Wr'mger. An annular rim or thimble is also formed on the gear at the enlarged end, which answers the purpose of a journal, and which turns in an adjustable or variable bearing, the two bearings to said gears being in one 'fixed position with relation to each other, but having a vertical movement with relation to the lower shaft and other framework.' Thus it will be seen that each gear has van eccentric as Well'as a concentric motion with relation to its own shaft. l

A, iig. 1, represents the frame of a wringing-machine; B B the roller shafts. The shaft Bis th'e drivingshaft, having a crank c' secured thereto. D' exhibits a vertical central section of the bracket which serves as a. vertical guide for the movement of the adjustable variable bearing plate E, (also shown in iig. 2, side viewg) which keeps the conical-bored wheels F F always inmesh, notwithstanding the elevation or depression of the shafts B B carrying with them Athe contracted end of said gears. When the shafts B B are compressed or touch each other the positions of ,their axisof motion will be reversed, as isobvious'by. reference to the drawing, iig. 1. A slot, g, is formed in the contracted end of the gear to stridea pin, 71 driven into -the shaft so that the gears and shafts shall rotate correspondingly. The annular rim or thimble z', which. answers the purpose of a journal to the gears, is fitted to turn in suitable bearings in the adju-stable variablebearing plate E; 1A slight'packing or cushion of India rubber, or other suitable material, is interposed between the plate E and the bracket D, as represented at b, to prevent noise, Sto., and also to equalize the gears on their shafts. A spring, Z, may be used, as is shown at the rear end of the upper shaft, in order that, the roller may not be elevated to an unequal height.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to lsecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. We claim the employment or use of conicallybored wheels F F,A applied toshafts of clothes-wringers, for-the purpose shown and-described.

2. We claim, in combination with the gears F F, the variable hearing plate E, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

3. We claim,in combination with the wheels F F and hearing 'plate the elastic cushion c, for the purposes xhibiting axial views of the lgears having set forth.4

4. We claim, in combination with the ccnically-bored gear-wheels F F, plate lil, iand cushion the relay spring Z, for the purpose described.

J. W. LATCHER, JOHN YOUNG.' Witnesses:

J. GABY BROWN, W. J. POWELL. 

